Goldcorp has been a favorite stock of ours since late 2013, and we have used it as our vehicle for investing in precious metals miners in that period. I laid out my thoughts on our …
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Following QCOM’s Q2 results in late July, we put on a bullish trade on the earnings dip, playing for a gap-fill. The stock continued its decline another 5%. after the 6.6% one day earnings gap, making our …
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The WSJ is reporting that Burger King (BKW) is considering buying Tim Hortons (THI) despite having fairly similar market capitalizations. While a deal would likely have strategic value in terms of broadening THI’s footprint globally, the primary …
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Now that earnings season is basically over, and no major macroeconomic data until the busy slate of releases after the Labor Day holiday next week, traders are expecting a quiet week in the markets. After …
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Options volume was light again on Friday, as 10 day realized volatility in the S&P 500 index has fallen to around 5. Special situations in single stocks had the most active options. 1. HLF – The …
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Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed, expired and considered (Name That Trades) in the week that was August 18th – August 22nd:
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In mid June when ISIS terrorists were making steady advances on Iraq’s northwest (where much of the their oil production sits) crude oil broke-out to new nine month highs. At the time we highlighted the …
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Back in a January post we detailed the activity in the Jan15 50 puts in HLF when the stock was in the low $70s after a quick decline from the recent highs int he lows $80s: Well, …
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Many of you know my friend Brian Kelly from CNBC’s Fast Money program. But what many of you don’t know is that Brain has recently completed a book on Bitcoin and has created his own …
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I’ll keep this short this morning. Yesterday I wrote of how I am often confounded by macro movements in currencies commodities and bonds (In Our Own World) and their effects on the U.S. equity markets (of …
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